Letter 10107: I have read the memorial which you sent to me from Publius Attius Aquila, a centurion of the sixth cohort of horse,...
L Trajan to Pliny.
I have read the memorial which you sent to me from Publius Attius Aquila, a centurion of the sixth cohort of horse, and I have been moved by his entreaties to bestow upon his daughter the Roman citizenship. I am sending you a copy of the order, which you will please hand over to him.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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